
1931 New York Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 94-59
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 912,437, Avg. 18,482
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I
Manager: Joe McCarthy (94-59)
Location: New York, New York
1931 New York Yankees Results
The New York Yankees of the American League ended the 1931 season with a record of 94 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Yankees led the circuit with 1067 runs, ignited by 155 home runs. New York allowed 760 runs. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth each. walloped 46 home runs for the team, and Ben Chapman added 20 or more, too. Lou Gehrig drove in 184 runs. Babe Ruth topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .373. Lefty Gomez paced the squad with 21 wins, while Red Ruffing, too contributed 15 or more wins, too Lefty Gomez recorded a 2.67 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Joe McCarthy coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Lefty Gomez | 21 | 9 | .700 | 2.67 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 243.0 | 206 | 88 | 72 | 7 | 85 | 0 | 150 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1013 |
Red Ruffing | 16 | 14 | .533 | 4.41 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 237.0 | 240 | 130 | 116 | 11 | 87 | 0 | 132 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1042 |
Hank Johnson | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.72 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 196.3 | 176 | 114 | 103 | 13 | 102 | 0 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 864 |
Herb Pennock | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 189.3 | 247 | 96 | 90 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 826 |
Ed Wells | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.32 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 116.7 | 130 | 68 | 56 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 498 |
George Pipgras | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.79 | 36 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 137.7 | 134 | 73 | 58 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 606 |
Gordon Rhodes | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.41 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 82 | 49 | 33 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 410 |
Roy Sherid | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.69 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 74.3 | 94 | 52 | 47 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 335 |
Ivy Andrews | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 |
Jim Weaver | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.31 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57.7 | 66 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 268 |
Lefty Weinert | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.20 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 128 |
Lou McEvoy | 0 | 0 | 12.41 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.3 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |
Totals | 94 | 59 | .614 | 4.21 | 287 | 155 | 78 | 78 | 4 | 17 | 1410.3 | 1461 | 760 | 659 | 67 | 543 | 0 | 686 | 25 | 3 | 24 | 6200 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Gehrig | 155 | 738 | 619 | 163 | 211 | 31 | 15 | 46 | 184 | 17 | 12 | 117 | 56 | .341 | .446 | .662 | 1.108 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Babe Ruth | 145 | 663 | 534 | 149 | 199 | 31 | 3 | 46 | 163 | 5 | 4 | 128 | 51 | .373 | .495 | .700 | 1.195 | 374 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Chapman | 149 | 686 | 600 | 120 | 189 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 122 | 61 | 23 | 75 | 77 | .315 | .396 | .483 | .879 | 290 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Earle Combs | 138 | 636 | 563 | 120 | 179 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 68 | 34 | .318 | .394 | .446 | .840 | 251 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lyn Lary | 155 | 712 | 610 | 100 | 171 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 107 | 13 | 10 | 88 | 54 | .280 | .376 | .416 | .793 | 254 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Dickey | 130 | 523 | 477 | 65 | 156 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 20 | .327 | .378 | .442 | .820 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Sewell | 130 | 571 | 484 | 102 | 146 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 8 | .302 | .390 | .388 | .778 | 188 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Lazzeri | 135 | 568 | 484 | 67 | 129 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 83 | 18 | 9 | 79 | 80 | .267 | .371 | .401 | .771 | 194 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Samuel Byrd | 115 | 281 | 248 | 51 | 67 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 26 | .270 | .349 | .395 | .744 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmie Reese | 65 | 265 | 245 | 41 | 59 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | .241 | .293 | .335 | .627 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Red Ruffing | 48 | 116 | 109 | 14 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .330 | .336 | .505 | .841 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Arndt Jorgens | 46 | 111 | 100 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | .270 | .330 | .320 | .650 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Johnson | 40 | 84 | 77 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .195 | .253 | .260 | .513 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dusty Cooke | 27 | 47 | 39 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | .333 | .447 | .436 | .883 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cy Perkins | 16 | 49 | 47 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .255 | .286 | .277 | .562 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lefty Gomez | 40 | 94 | 83 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .133 | .200 | .133 | .333 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Sherid | 17 | 36 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .333 | .355 | .333 | .688 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Wells | 28 | 48 | 45 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .222 | .239 | .311 | .550 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Herb Pennock | 25 | 82 | 66 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .152 | .253 | .227 | .481 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Gordon Rhodes | 18 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .357 | .571 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Myril Hoag | 44 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .143 | .172 | .214 | .387 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dixie Walker | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .300 | .300 | .500 | .800 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ivy Andrews | 7 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Weaver | 17 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
George Pipgras | 36 | 43 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .024 | .048 | .024 | .072 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lou McEvoy | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lefty Weinert | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Rolfe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1752 | 6473 | 5608 | 1067 | 1667 | 276 | 78 | 155 | 990 | 139 | 68 | 750 | 554 | .297 | .383 | .457 | .840 | 2564 | 0 | 28 | 87 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Babe Ruth | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | |
Lou Gehrig | 1B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 1352 | 58 | 13 | 120 | .991 | 9.156 | |
Joe Sewell | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | |
Jimmie Reese | 2B | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 173 | 168 | 10 | 44 | .972 | 5.590 | |
Tony Lazzeri | 2B | 90 | 0 | 0.0 | 216 | 288 | 22 | 52 | .958 | 5.600 | |
Ben Chapman | 2B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 33 | 2 | 4 | .967 | 5.273 | |
Joe Sewell | 3B | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 131 | 227 | 18 | 14 | .952 | 2.959 | |
Tony Lazzeri | 3B | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 53 | 4 | 4 | .958 | 2.359 | |
Myril Hoag | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
Cy Perkins | C | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.188 | |
Arndt Jorgens | C | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 144 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .963 | 3.850 | |
Bill Dickey | C | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 670 | 78 | 3 | 6 | .996 | 5.984 | |
Dixie Walker | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | |
Babe Ruth | OF | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 237 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .972 | 1.704 | |
Red Ruffing | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
Myril Hoag | OF | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .565 | |
Lou Gehrig | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | |
Dusty Cooke | OF | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.091 | |
Earle Combs | OF | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 335 | 5 | 9 | 2 | .974 | 2.636 | |
Ben Chapman | OF | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 300 | 14 | 12 | 1 | .963 | 2.292 | |
Samuel Byrd | OF | 88 | 0 | 0.0 | 148 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .974 | 1.716 | |
Ed Wells | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .852 | |
Lefty Weinert | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .235 | |
Jim Weaver | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .929 | .765 | |
Roy Sherid | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
Red Ruffing | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .973 | |
Gordon Rhodes | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 1.222 | |
George Pipgras | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .611 | |
Herb Pennock | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 1.520 | |
Lou McEvoy | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | |
Hank Johnson | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | |
Lefty Gomez | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.225 | |
Ivy Andrews | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
Red Rolfe | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
Lyn Lary | SS | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 321 | 484 | 46 | 85 | .946 | 5.194 | |
Totals | 1637 | 0 | 0.0 | 4221 | 1665 | 167 | 349 | .972 | 3.596 |
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